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Librarian’s Choice – The Last Human
The galaxy depicted in The Last Human, by Zack Jordan, is huge, home to countless trillions of beings and connected by an unimaginably complex communications and transportation network. Sarya, who’s considered just barely legally sentient, couldn’t possibly begin to understand the vastness of the galaxy, nor the network that binds it together. But despite her…
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It’s almost time to vote–What do I do?
November 3rd is closing in on us quickly. If you’re anxious about how to make sure your vote counts in the shadow of the coronavirus, you’re not alone! The news is confusing, often contradictory, and nearly always unsettling. The best place to start is here. The Montgomery County Board of Elections has been hard at…
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We Recommend — Hispanic Heritage Month Reads
So many great authors and titles to choose from. Here are a few to get you started! Afterlife: A Novel Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts:…
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We Recommend – Fresh Mysteries
Whodunit? Find out in these recent mysteries! Blood Oath: A Novel Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper of the Manhattan Sex Crimes Unit is finally back at work following a leave of absence. With more women feeling empowered to name their abusers, Alex is eager to return to the courtroom to do what she does best. As…
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Librarian’s Choice – Small Town Fiction
By Lisa Navidi, Davis Library Small town fiction has always appealed to me, maybe because I grew up in several small towns. I especially enjoy the characters and the way they interact with each other…or not. They say all politics is local. And whoever has lived in a small town knows that for sure. Experience…
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Udemy, the Academy for You
Want to start a new career or learn a new skill? Udemy is the online learning academy for you! Udemy offers over 4,000 on-demand, online courses on leadership, management, coding, design, marketing, IT operations, data science, project management, human resources, sales, accounting, and productivity. And it’s all free with your MCPL library card! Udemy courses…
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We Recommend — A More Perfect Union
On this most unusual Independence Day, here are some books about an ever changing, increasingly diverse America. American Like Me In American Like Me, America Ferrera invites thirty-one of her friends, peers, and heroes to share their stories about life between cultures. We know them as actors, comedians, athletes, politicians, artists, and writers. However, they…
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Librarian’s Choice – Lost But Not Forgotten
Review by Elizabeth Lang, Public Services I recently read the Wired.com article “Why Humans Totally Freak Out When They Get Lost” by Michael Bond. I learned that when we get disoriented, we panic, often leaving the area where anyone might expect to find us, and that we tend to do this even when we know…
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Honoring Juneteenth at MCPL
Rachel Rappaport-Assistant Manager; Connie Morella Library Did you know that our country has a second Independence Day? On June 19, 1865, hundreds of thousands of enslaved African descendants became some of the last to be freed in the United States. Though the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863, much of the South was still under Confederate control. It was not until…
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If You Miss Your Library
The Library Book by Susan Orlean—When Susan Orlean started to write about the Los Angeles Public Library fire in 1986, she didn’t realize how deep into library culture and history it would take her. If you too want to delve deeper into library culture and history, here are some other books about libraries, librarians and…
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Read With Us! We Miss You!
Someone once said, “Being apart teaches us how to grow together.” And this has definitely been the case of libraries and librarians everywhere. It’s been a long couple of months and we miss our patrons just as much as you all miss the library. But we hope, through virtual programming and access to digital resources,…
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Free Ebooks, Streaming Movies, Music and More – Hoopla Has It All!
Looking for ebooks, movies, music, and other entertainment online? MCPL has a new service, Hoopla, that offers all this and more. And it’s free with your MCPL library card. Hoopla offers six different types of content: audiobooks, comics, ebooks, movies, music, and television series. All items in Hoopla are available immediately. There are no waiting…